Here I am in a City That Starts With B. It’s more of a yoga town than a ballet town, but I’ve found a drop-in adult beginner ballet class. This class considers a twelve year old beginner to be equal … Continue reading →

ok. So I have to work on my hands. Got to class today and told Smirnoff that I’ll be leaving town. I’ll be in [city starting with the letter B] for a few weeks, but right back to class after … Continue reading →

Picked up a book at a yard sale for 25cents, entitled Bronislava Nijinska, Early Memoirs (translated and edited by Irina Nijinska and Jean Rawlinson, 1981 Faber&Faber) Bronislava was the younger sister of Vaslov. You know, Vaslov Nijinsky. The Nijinsky. You … Continue reading →

In Smirnoff’s class we do the barré work while he counts, and we do the center work to recorded music. The counting sometimes starts with, “eeeeeyah,” as in,”eeeeeeyah, three four, eeeeeeyah three four”, while the recorded music involves handing a … Continue reading →